Stalin's Housewife Spy

Stalin's Housewife Spy

Constant Wonder

Spy Stories

Episode: Spy Stories

  • Nov 16, 2020 8:00 pm
  • 25:19 mins

While raising three children, Ursula Kuczynski secretly passed blueprints for the atomic bomb to the Russians. MI5 never caught her because nobody could believe that “Mrs. Burton” could get around to stealing nuclear secrets when she was so busy baking scones. Guest: Ben Macintyre, author of “Agent Sonya: Moscow’s Most Daring Wartime Spy”